Contemporary Westerns : Film and Television Since 1990 9780810892576, 9780810892569

Though one of the most popular genres for decades, the western started to lose its relevance in the 1960s and 1970s, and

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Contemporary Westerns : Film and Television Since 1990
9780810892576, 9780810892569

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